We've sung at two crematorium funerals in the last week, both of which showed the very best in creating a moving celebration of a life well lived.
The first was a humanist funeral entirely conducted by friends and family of the deceased, who stood up to pay tributes that were heart-felt and often unscripted. We sang three favourite items including the traditional Molly Malone, and afterwards we felt that the cockles of our hearts had been warmed too by this moving service!
The second was a CofE service; plain, simple and all the more sincere for it. A lovely vicar, and one of our favourite crematorium organists playing, who understands that hymns need to keep moving but singers also need to breathe! Whilst many of the family members clearly didn't much feel like singing, they raised their voices with us and we all walked out into the late summer sunshine feeling a little better for a rousing version of Abide with Me.
The first was a humanist funeral entirely conducted by friends and family of the deceased, who stood up to pay tributes that were heart-felt and often unscripted. We sang three favourite items including the traditional Molly Malone, and afterwards we felt that the cockles of our hearts had been warmed too by this moving service!
The second was a CofE service; plain, simple and all the more sincere for it. A lovely vicar, and one of our favourite crematorium organists playing, who understands that hymns need to keep moving but singers also need to breathe! Whilst many of the family members clearly didn't much feel like singing, they raised their voices with us and we all walked out into the late summer sunshine feeling a little better for a rousing version of Abide with Me.
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